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As the migration and development nexus is constantly stretching in scope, the M4D Net keeps you informed about the latest developments in the M&D field!

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Teaser: Alongside preparatory meetings for the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF), cities declare a desire for an active role in the monitoring process for the Global Compart for Migration (GCM).

As today cities are ground zero for key global challenges, mayors are expected to come up with workable solutions to everything from migration to economic development. We find this publication to be of interest because Jean-René Etchegaray, the mayor of Bayonne, has become a case study in the front-line management of Europe’s migration crisis and its contradictions, and he wants migrants to live in his city with dignity.

IOM is pleased to share the news of the signing of an updated Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the World Health Organization (WHO) and IOM, on the sidelines of the ongoing 144th session of the WHO Executive Board. This MoU updates and replaces the previous WHO-IOM MOU from 1999.

On 8 December 2018, over 150 mayors and city leaders from across the globe gathered in Marrakech to participate in the 5th Mayoral Forum on Human Mobility, Migration and Development. They adopted the Marrakech Mayoral Declaration “Cities Working Together for Migrants and Refugees”.

In the wake of the Intergovernmental Conference to Adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM), the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) Co-Chairs, Germany and Morocco, are delighted to share with you the highlights of the proceedings of the 11th GFMD Summit Meeting held on 5-7 December, in Marrakesh, Morocco.

21 November 2018 - Local and Subnational Governments of Africa gathered on the occasion of the 8th edition of the Africities Summit held in Marrakech, Morocco, from November 20 to November 24, 2018 adopted the Charter of local and subnational governments in Africa on Migration

9 October 2018 - At the 2018 International Dialogue on Migration in Geneva, IOM launched a new guide for government actors to harness migration's positive contribution toward the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Migration and the 2030 Agenda: A Guide for Practitioners, published on 9 October 2018, aims to help policymakers integrate migration into local and national development planning in relation to the SDGs.

The Ninth Session of the World Urban Forum adopted the Kuala Lumpur Declaration. Building on discussions among 22.000 participants, it lays out actionable recommendations toward the implementation of the New urban Agenda. It recognizes inter alia the development potential of migrations and highlights pre-requisite for increasing urban migrants' positive contributions.

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